tenpin784
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join:2001-03-30
New Durham, NH
| hooray
no more advertisements for the transition.
I can't believe how many people still lined up though and we're clueless when they didn't have TV Saturday morning.
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alg
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| said by tenpin784  :no more advertisements for the transition. Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. It just doesn't end. 
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pnh102
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| said by alg :Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch.
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sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH | reply to tenpin784
Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world.
Most of them probably don't even care. |
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tschmidt
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There are a lot of "nightlight" services. Some broadcaster's did not shut off analog cold turkey. As of Saturday analog channel is dedicated about programs about DTV conversion. I think that is a nice touch. Rather then get a blank screen viewer gets information about conversion.
»www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/82376
All in all seems to have gone pretty well. Being in a fringe area we lost several stations that had been snowy in analog that only come in once and a while on digital. This is with a high quality outdoor antenna.
/tom
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Da Man
join:2008-05-08
Hanover, PA | reply to sonicmerlin
The elderly were the most ready. |
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tschmidt
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said by sonicmerlin :Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. As Da Man posted that is an unwarranted prejudice. The over 65 crowd was very well prepared.
/tom |
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tiger72
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said by sonicmerlin :Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world. Most of them probably don't even care. Some of those people weren't elderly when they first heard about the digital transition 10 years ago.
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joetaxpayer
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Sudbury, MA
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said by pnh102 :said by alg :Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch. I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not. |
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TKJunkMail
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| reply to sonicmerlin
said by sonicmerlin :Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world. Sorry, but that wasn't true.
Here are the real numbers on unpreparedness:
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Network Guy
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| reply to joetaxpayer
said by joetaxpayer :said by pnh102 :said by alg :Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch. I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not. Poorly as in not able to anticipate the broadcast audience that no longer gets the channel due to poor signal strength, usually the case when the channel came in weak in analog to begin with. No way of telling how many can't get it now, or if anyone gives a shit. |
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joetaxpayer
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| said by Network Guy :Poorly as in not able to anticipate the broadcast audience that no longer gets the channel due to poor signal strength, usually the case when the channel came in weak in analog to begin with. No way of telling how many can't get it now, or if anyone gives a shit. I meant the quote from "getting poor digital reception. " implying one can have marginal signal. |
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Network Guy
join:2000-08-25
New York | Yes, you can have marginal digital signal. It will manifest itself in pixelation, freezes or intermittent loss of reception on any particular channel. |
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Mac Bridger
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I know 2 stations locally are broadcasting nightlight signals. I think it's a good way to make sure people who need help call and get it.
I lost a few fringe channels and 2 there were solid on analog. One station we were supposed to lose, the other is supposed to be in the "moderate" signal range for me. That station didn't start broadcasting digital until they had to, and I think they're having difficulties now. They also switched towers with the conversion. Wouldn't it make sense to do that BEFORE the deadline so you can ensure it works?
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cdru
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said by joetaxpayer :I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not. With analog, a poor signal may result in ghosting, speckles, color issues, etc with the further you go away the worse it gets.
With digital, you really don't have those issues. If the signal is strong enough to get a picture, it should look the same and not suffer from the analog issues. However if the signal isn't strong enough, you have new issues that show up. A weak signal may be able to get there some of the time, but not always. This would be indicated by jerkyness of the video or a "no signal" type of message depending on how the TV handles it. You could also have tiling where just portions of the screen become garbled. |
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nixen
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said by tschmidt :There are a lot of "nightlight" services. Some broadcaster's did not shut off analog cold turkey. As of Saturday analog channel is dedicated about programs about DTV conversion. I think that is a nice touch. Rather then get a blank screen viewer gets information about conversion. Yeah, the stations around here are doing that. If that's a voluntary measure, it's kind of surprising that they wouldn't have mandated it.
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there's one channel that's still broadcasting analog...it's a 24/7 channel that covers how to install a converter box.
unfortunately, it's the channel that comes in the weakest, so until they axe that one channel, it's still going to be a tad iffy.
I'll be glad when the only analog channel still broadcasting are the two low power stations I can pick up. |
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digitalfreak
join:2005-12-09
49533 | reply to TKJunkMail
Most of the people who weren't prepared were the Afro Americans. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world.
There, it's fixed now. |
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Joe Von
@comcast.net | "Most of the people who weren't prepared were the Afro Americans." That's not true. 2% of 75% of the population is far more people than 5% of 11% of the population. |
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